SANTA CLARA COUNTY BIRD LIST 2013

We found only one new species in December and this finished us off at 288 species for the year (which includes the "Lesser" Golden-Plover, a species pair). Our finish was four species over the 14-year mean of 284 species, but short of the recent high count of 293 species in 2011.

The one new species was a CATTLE EGRET, a "5," discovered at the Coyote Creek GC on 27 Dec. It remained there into the new year and was also tallied on the Calero-Morgan Hill CBC, a first for that CBC.

Bill

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** RARITY CODES:
1 = common, always seen in habitat in season.
2 = fairly common, usually in habitat in season, but missed sometimes.
3 = uncommon, always around, but sometimes you can't find.
4 = rare, occurs yearly in the county, but not always in same places.
5 = very rare, does not occur every year.
6 = casual or vagrant, generally fewer than 10 records.